Bolivia grows the value of its leather exports

06/02/2015
Official figures from Bolivia show that the country increased the value of its leather exports in the first ten months of 2014 by 15% compared to the same period the year before.

Figures from the Bolivian Institute of External Trade (IBCE) give a value for leather-sector exports between January and October last year of around $56 million. It did not make figures available for the volume of leather shipped overseas.

Three regions in Bolivia produce leather and leathergoods: Santa Cruz with 43% of the national total, La Paz with 35% and Cochabamba with 22%.